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La Prima Rivista Amatoriale Italiana Per ASL E SASL Player. Numero 0 La prima Rivista Amatoriale Italiana per ASL e SASL Player. Numero 0 ta ad ASL...un bel passo non c’e` che dire. so, SASL ? un giochino poco interessante. Indice L’idea e` quella di riuscire a farne una riv- Beh posso dire che non sono d’accordo, ma 1 Presentazione ista amatoriale con cadenza fissa, diciamo questo e` un altro discorso che affrontremo per ora bimestrale, ed essere un punto di in seguito. Al di la dei miei titoli, come di Vonfritz 1 ` riferimento e una voce per gli ASL player vedete ben pochi, posso dirvi che il rinato 2 VASL italiani. interesse per questo sistema mi viene dalle di Mario ”Gheba” Nadalini 2 Ma veniamo a noi. Mi presento: mi chiamo risorse ITALIANE che ho trovato in rete Giuseppe e mi piace definirmi un giocatore poco tempo fa...incredibile` una comunita 3 AAR - Racconti di Guer- di nicchia. Sono un wargamer da piu` di 20 di ASL player. Caspita, era proprio ora. ra anni, ho giocato di tutto e di piu` e come la Non manca che questo passettino ora : una Campagna RB CG I maggior parte di voi ho iniziato come SL rivista tutta nostra. Non vedo l’ora di poter di Massimiliano Tuzzi 7 player. Risiedo in una piccola cittadina e leggere i vostri AAR, i vostri articoli e le non ho mai avuto contatti con altri gioca- vostre idee. 4 ASLGossip tori di ASL, un po` per pigrizia un po` perche` di Loriano ”gruntpgm” tutti coloro che ho cercato di convertire ben Rampazzo 10 presto fuggivano. Ho giocato una sola volta FtF con uno sprovveduto che avevo convin- http://www. 5 SASL Mon Amour to a provare il sistema poi, le mie partite si freeforumzone.com/ di Vonfritz 11 sono sempre svolte in solitario con un van- viewforum.aspx?f= taggio...ero sempre io a vincere. Ho alter- 33105 nato anni di entusiasmo ad anni di pigrizia 1 Presentazione a volte mi toccava rileggere l’intero man- di Vonfritz uale per giocare qualche partita. Capirete che l’uscita di SASL per me ha significato Ebbene ci siamo, avete di fronte a voi la un passaggio importante: la manna caduta prima rivista italiana interamente dedica- dal cielo. Molti di voi storceranno il na- Il Forum per gli ASL Player 1 2 VASL di Mario ”Gheba” Nadalini Inserisco questo articolo, ben fatto, i vostri file per le partite postali dovete lemi e` fornita da VASL. Esso ci perme- per quanti di voi non lo avessero let- impostare VASL con queste due opzioni: tte di creare i cosiddetti Logfile, ossia dei to. L’articolo e` anche scaricabile da andate in file\edit\preferences\general e file contenenti, passo dopo passo, le nos- www.OPENGROUND.it selezionate ”Let Opponent Unconceal My tre mosse3. Tramite la funzione Begin Log- Units” ed ”Auto Report Moves’. Sono due file dal menu File possiamo ”accendere il impostazioni molto importanti: la prima registratore” di VASL: dopo aver scelto il 4 DVANCED SQUAD LEADER rende il permette al vostro avversario di rimuovere nome al nostro file di mosse , tutto quel- massimo quando viene giocato a fac- i vostri punti di domanda (serve come sp- lo che faremo sulla mappa o che digiter- A cia a faccia1, indubbiamente. Co- iegato di seguito ad accelerare i gioco). La emo nella finestra di testo verra` trascrit- munque, spesso la mancanza di giocatori seconda e` evidente di per se:´ credete di to nel file. Una volta ultimata la sequen- nei paraggi, la mancanza di pomeriggi o ricordare cosa avete mosso dopo il 15 log za di mosse, con il comando End Log- sere liberi o la mancanza di 18 ore con- di movimento? Io non ci riesco nemmeno file5 del menu File ”spegneremo il registra- secutive di tempo per giocare scenari come nei FtF di Acheen Pall! tore” di VASL. Abbiamo cos`ı creato il log- Hill 621 o Bloody Red Beach rendono il Ora, basta con gli indugi e buttiamoci file da spedire al nostro avversario, tipica- gioco postale (PBeM, Play By e-Mail) un nel vivo. mente come allegato al messaggio di posta obbligo. Questo articolo e` dedicato a chi elettronica. Il nostro avversario potra` cari- non conosce il gioco postale e vorrebbe in- carlo tramite il comando Load Game dal traprenderlo, ma soprattutto a chi ha diffi- menu File. Apparira` la situazione al mo- denza di questo metodo. Alcuni aspetti di mento del nostro Begin Logfile, e le nos- ASL, infatti, sono particolarmente esaltati tre mosse e commenti saranno visualizz- dal PBeM, a differenza del piu` tradizionale abili tramite il comando Step, che trovate FtF. Vedremo alla fine dell’articolo quali, e sulla barra di VASL (ha la forma del co- voi potrete trarre le vostre conclusioni. mando play dei lettori CD o cassette). Ad Mi scuso da subito se sembrero` prolisso ogni pressione di Step, apparira` la nostra e pignolo, ma sono convinto che le cose si ONO SICURO che tutti voi avrete fa- mossa o il nostro testo digitato. Ad un cer- capiscono meglio se si capisce la logica che miliarita` con il gioco degli scacchi, to punto, il nostro compagno vorra` replicare fa loro da base, e questo e` particolarmente S e sono altrettanto sicuro che saprete alle nostre azioni (per far fuoco sulle nostre vero per il PBeM. benissimo come giocarlo per posta. Sem- unita,` per commentare un nostro errore di Premessa: per giocare PBeM dovete plice: pensate la vostra mossa, la scrivete calcolo, per inserire una salace battuta sul- avere installato sul vostro computer il pro- su un foglio, la spedite al vostro avversario. la nostra tattica. ). Bene, dovrebbe essere gramma VASL (Virtual ASL) di Rodney Buona notizia: per ASL e` esattamente la chiaro come fara:` Begin Logfile, inserimen- Kinney. Non e` questa la sede per una stessa cosa. Cattiva notizia: ASL e` piu` to di tiri/commenti/correzioni, End Logfile guida all’installazione, vi rimando piut- complicato degli scacchi!2 e poi. via alla e-mail! tosto al forum italiano di ASL all’indiriz- Tanto per cominciare, non abbiamo a Attimo di pausa, respiro profondo, ma- zo http://www.freeforumzone. che fare con una singola mossa, ma con gari one Moment. Tutto chiaro fin qui? S`ı? com/viewforum.aspx?f=33105, un insieme di azioni alle quali l’avversario Avanti allora! nella cui sezione VASL troverete un’ot- puo` decidere o meno di rispondere, inoltre tima guida redatta da Marco Merli, che non vogliamo che il nostro avversario ve- A COSA NOTEVOLE e` che il nostro desidero ringraziare per i molti suggeri- da dove continueremo il movimento delle avversario, dopo aver cominciato un menti e per l’incoraggiamento a scrivere nostre unita` (altrimenti potrebbe spararci L logfile, puo` ancora, tramite lo Step, questo pezzo (traduco: mi ha fatto muovere alla migliore occasione possibile, inoltre scorrere le nostre azioni mentre sta ”regis- nonostante la mia proverbiale pigrizia. ). non avremmo alcun effetto sorpresa con il trando” il logfile. Chiaro: non volete rov- Avvertenza! Prima di iniziare a creare movimento!). La soluzione a questi prob- inare lo scorrere del gioco solo perche´ avete 1Comunemente FtF, Face to Face, per noi maniaci delle abbreviazioni. Presumo che un francese direbbe VaV, Vis a Vis! 2Notare che ho scritto complicato (cioe` con un maggior numero di opzioni/situazioni), non difficile! Non vorrei che qualche scacchista tra voi pensasse di linciarmi! 3Da adesso in poi usero` liberamente le parole mossa - commento - azione. Sono da intendersi equivalenti ai fini delle meccaniche di VASL e del PBeM. 4Trovo che sia buona norma mantenere un certo standard per i nomi dei file: piu` avanti nel testo troverete alcuni protocolli di uso comune. 5Mi raccomando: NON usate Save Game per concludere un logfile, in questa maniera perdereste tutte le mosse e salvereste solamente lo status attuale delle pedine. Non vi dico quante volte mi sono sbagliato anch’io! 2 Italian Advanced Squad Leader Magazine n. 0 scritto ”Che fortuna sfacciata!” dopo l’en- ora che il Defender non ne abbia, altri- seconda edizione, molte volte ha un solo es- nesimo 1,1 del vostro acerrimo nemico, vo- menti egli potra` mandare un log con le sue ito possibile. Segue la APh e la CCPh.6 A lete andar avanti a vedere cosa vi ha com- azioni come ultimo file del suo setup), PF- questo punto, l’Attacker scrivera` qualcosa binato, senza costringerlo a rifare tutto da Ph, MPh parziale. L’Attacker smettera` di tipo: ”Ho finito il mio turno, inserisco qui le capo! Questa caratteristica risulta comodo muovere quando lo riterra` opportuno, even- mie azioni per la prossima RPh”. Il Defend- anche in altre circostanze. Data la neces- tualmente dando delle istruzioni al Defend- er fara` partire un log, inserira` la sua RPh, sita` di trovare delle scorciatoie per non far er su quando fermarsi (qui ci sono tutte usera` Step per vedere la RPh nemica, e poi durare gli scenari in eterno, molte volte si le possibilita:` dal fermarsi quando qual- continuera` a giocare, ritornando in pratica scrive al proprio avversario una riga tipo: cuno spara, indipendentemente dall’effetto, al primo punto di questo schema di gioco. ”Scorri pure le mie mosse anche se mi spari a non fermarsi proprio per un certo perio- sulle prossime tre unita` che si muovono, do di movimenti indipendentemente dagli Bene, questo e` il momento per un al- fermati e spediscimi indietro i risultati so- effetti nocivi), oppure si possono stabilire tro analgesico (consiglio l’Unicum, tanto se lo se ottieni un risultato di PIN o Broken o a priori delle ”regole di ingaggio” per la non vi ha ucciso il mio modo di scrivere se muovo in un esagono di Residual FP.”.
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